AGENDUM No. 199/1940 [1]-WEEKLY PROGRESS REPORTS BY CHIEFS OF
STAFF (No. 34-WEEK ENDED 7TH SEPTEMBER, 1940)

(The following were present when the above Agendum was under
discussion:-

Admiral Sir Ragnar Colvin, K.B.E., C.B., Chief of the Naval Staff
Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Burnett, K.C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O.,
Chief of the Air Staff;

Major-General J. Northcott, M.V.O., Deputy Chief of the General
Staff.)

(A) WEEKLY REPORT BY THE CHIEF OF THE NAVAL STAFF
[matter omitted]

(ii) H.M.A.S. 'Adelaide'. In regard to the part to be played by
H.M.A.S. 'Adelaide' in support of M. Sautot as the head of the de
Gaulle movement in Noumea, the importance of not provoking a
conflict was stressed, and it was agreed, on the suggestion of the
Chief of the Naval Staff, that H.M.A.S. 'Adelaide' should only
fire if fired upon.